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“Don’t Listen To Linda” Lyrics

Don’t listen to Linda
She’s said all those things before
She’s just a pretender
And though you couldn’t love her more
She’ll lead you on, and then one day
She’ll say you have to part
Don’t listen to Linda
She’ll only break your heart

Don’t listen to Linda
If you want some good advice
Just try to remember
She did it once, she’ll do it twice
There’s more to her little games
Than your eyes can see
Don’t listen to Linda
Or you’ll end up like me

You’ll never understand her
All the presents you could hand her
Could never be enough, oh no
So don’t underestimate her
’Cause sooner or later
The going’s gonna start to get rough

Don’t listen to Linda
Don’t believe the things you hear
You’re her top contender
For the Loser of the Year
I’ve said everything I can
To try and make you see
Don’t listen to Linda
Or you’ll end up like me

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“Just A Game” Lyrics

There’s a way
There’s a way for you and I if you’ll just stay
If you’ll just stay to keep me hidden from the day
And all its light
That’s covered up by night
When you’re away

When you’re away, the image of your face is clear
It is clear across the room, and I am here
Against the wall
Afraid that it is all
Just a game

Just a game that’s played in fun but not too real
Not too real to take a chance on finding out
You’ve really lost
I can’t see you clearly
While I’m here

While I’m here, and you are in my state of mind
My state of mind is changing places all the time
And I am lost
Trying to get across
Another time

When you’re away, the image of your face is clear
It is clear across the room when I am here
Against the wall
Afraid that it is all
Just a game
Just a game
Just a game
Just a game
Just a game
Just a game
Just a game
Just a game

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“Me Without You” Lyrics

I wonder just how long it will be
Me without you
You without me

We had a fight last night about something-or-other
But it can’t be too important if we love one another
Oh, true love always seems to take a little bit longer
But every time we break up, we make up a little bit stronger

I wonder just how long it will be
Me without you
You without me

[break]

Let me tell you now, I wonder just how long it will be
Me without you
You without me
Me without you
And you without me
Me without you
And you without me

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“Don’t Wait For Me” Lyrics

Don’t wait for me, I’ll be a long time comin’
Unless by then you have told me something
That shows how much you care

I’ve done much more than as a man I should have
Why did you not do all you could have
To show how much you care?

Over and again I wondered, “Was I wrong?”
I keep thinking I maybe should have come along
But then there comes a time in every man’s life
When he must be strong
And my time’s come
So if you’re gone then I guess I’ll cry
And hold to memories of what might’ve been
And when I finally leave, that will show how much I care

Over and again I wondered, “Was I wrong?”
I kept thinking that I maybe should have come along
But then there comes a time in every man’s life
When he must be strong
And my time’s come
So if you’re gone then I guess I’ll cry
And hold to memories of what might’ve been
And when I finally leave, that will show how much I care

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“The Girl I Left Behind Me” Lyrics

You told me not to try and tie you down
So I just took my place and hung around
You always said that you must be free
Well, you couldn’t see, you were losin’ me
And messing up the one good thing we had

I’m going out the same way I came in
The game is over now, I couldn’t win
Down inside, I feel a lack
But this time, girl, I won’t be back
And years from now, I’ll turn around and see
The girl I left behind me

I told myself that things would be okay
You’d come around to my way any day
As time went on, you just stayed the same
No, you, you couldn’t change or be rearranged
I’m pickin’ up the pieces of my life

I’m going out the same way I came in
The game is over now, I couldn’t win
Down inside, I feel a lack
But this time, girl, I won’t be back
And years from now, I’ll turn around and see
The girl I left behind me

[break]
I’m pickin’ up the pieces of my life

I’m going out the same way I came in
The game is over now, I couldn’t win
Down inside, I feel a lack
But this time, girl, I won’t be back
And years from now, I’ll turn around and see
The girl I left behind me

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“Shorty Blackwell” Lyrics

Shorty Blackwell, Shorty Blackwell
Be friends with me, be friends with me
Shorty Blackwell, Shorty Blackwell
Be friends with me, be friends with me

I’m feeling very bad today
Another cat came in to stay
He’s eating all my food
He’s speaking very crude
He’s gonna change the mood

I’m feeling very bad today
A red balloon got in my way
It followed me around
And never touched the ground
What can I say?

He built a house upon a hill
Ask him if he’s happy, and then give him pill
He’s going mad

He bought another car today
Ask him if he’s happy, then turn the other way
He’s going mad

He’s going mad
He’s going mad
He’s going mad…

I’m feeling very bad today
Another cat came in to stay
He’s eating all my food
He’s speaking very crude
He’s gonna change the mood

Black and shiny, now you’ve finally
Gotten everything you wanted
And you’re taunted by the power
That you really don’t want any more, ba-ba
More, ba-ba

Everybody’s talking faster
Hurry up, get me a master
I don’t have much time to lose
And besides, I’m polishing my shoes

Crossing the street
Watching your feet or you’ll die in a thunderbird night
Wishing with all of your might that you’d read the newspaper that you forgot to buy today
How will you know what they do when they say?

I’m feeling very bad today
Another girl came by to say
I can’t think of a word to tell you what I’ve heard
I’ve been away
I’ve been away
I’ve been away…

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“Carlisle Wheeling (prev. unissued alternate version)” Lyrics

In a long and involved conversation with myself
I saw precious things come into view
And I poured through the files taken off my mental shelf
And dusted off some memories of you

Then I thought about the time when our affair was green
How the phoenix of our love first flapped its silken wings
All the urgency and passion of each new day as it happened
And how it all mellowed as it grew

I remembered the times that our laughter would explode
And how you would turn to hide your smile
Then the hours of silence while the perfumed candle glowed
And both our thoughts meandered on for miles

I remembered the time I said I really had to go
I remembered the tears that filled your eyes
Then I touched your hand and told you that it really was a lie
And though you never knew it, dear, I cried

Well, it’s amazing how time can so softly change your ways
And make you look at things that can’t be seen
And how the years that roll by can start you listening
Not just to what they say but what they mean

So forgive me, my dear, if I seem preoccupied
And if the razor edge of youth-filled love is gone
But we’re both a little older, our relationship has grown
Not just in how it’s shaped but how it’s shown

So forgive me, my dear, if I seem preoccupied
And if the razor edge of youth-filled love is gone
But we’re both a little older, our relationship has grown
Not just in how it’s shaped but how it’s shown

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“St. Matthew (prev. unissued alternate mix)” Lyrics

She walks around on brass rings that never touch her feet
She speaks in conversations that never are complete
And looking over past things that she has never done
She calls herself St. Matthew, and she is on the run

She stoops down to gather partly shattered men
And knows that when it’s over, it will start again
Both the times she smiled, it was a portrait of the sun
She calls herself St. Matthew, and she is on the run

Part of it is loneliness
And knowing how to steal
But most of it is weariness from standing up
Trying not to kneel

She discovered three new ways that she could help the dead
Sometimes she must raise her hand to tell you what she said
Then standing in a landslide, she suddenly becomes
A girl that’s named St. Matthew when she is on the run

Part of it is loneliness
And knowing how to steal
But most of it is weariness from standing up
Trying not to kneel

She discovered three new ways that she could help the dead
Sometimes she must raise her hand to tell you what she said
Then standing in a landslide, she suddenly becomes
A girl that’s named St. Matthew when she is on the run

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“Me Without You (prev. unissued alternate mix)” Lyrics

I wonder just how long it will be
Me without you
You without me

We had a fight last night about something-or-other
But it can’t be too important if we love one another
Oh, true love always seems to take a little bit longer
But every time we break up, we make up a little bit stronger

I wonder just how long it will be
Me without you
You without me

[break]

Let me tell you now, I wonder just how long it will be
Me without you
You without me
Me without you
And you without me
Me without you
And you without me